TMPDIR and TMP are standard on Unix. If they are not defined ... one
cannot guess where the temporary files should be located.
Unfortunately, if we start using the /tmp directly we might make the
wrong guess.

What mktemp is returning on your system ?

george.

On Mar 31, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Josh Hursey wrote:
> Nope. None of those environment variables are defined. Should they
> be? It would seem that the last part of the logic should be (re-)
> extended to use /tmp if it exists.
>
> -- Josh
>
> On Mar 31, 2008, at 3:51 PM, George Bosilca wrote:
>> I looked over the code and I don't see any problems with the
>> changes. The only think I did is replacing the getenv("HOME") by
>> opal_home_directory ...
>>
>> Here is the logic for selecting the TMP directory:
>>
>> if( NULL == (str = getenv("TMPDIR")) )
>> if( NULL == (str = getenv("TEMP")) )
>> if( NULL == (str = getenv("TMP")) )
>> if( NULL == (str = opal_home_directory()) )
>> str = ".";
>>
>> Do you have any of those (TMPDIR, TEMP or TMP) in your environment ?
>>
>> george.
>>
>> On Mar 31, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Josh Hursey wrote:
>>> So does anyone know why the session directories are in $HOME instead
>>> of /tmp?
>>>
>>> I'm using r18044 and every time I run the session directories are
>>> created in $HOME. George does this have anything to do with your
>>> commits from earlier?
>>>
>>> -- Josh
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